The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown